Center for Nature and Place-Based Early Childhood Education June 2020, Arizona - Texas Ju ne -basedJune Early Childhood Education  The mentors and facilitators of MNP are all passionate nature and childhood advocates who continually engage in professional development to better support our young learners and our community. To this end, we are all participating in Prescott College’s Summer Institute For Nature And Place-Based Early Childhood Education . This was to be a hand

Project Wild Florida - University of Sarasota Attended by: FK Mentors & Program Director July 2019, Sarasota, FL In July, a group of MNP...

August 2019, Chapel Hill, NC Attended by: Forest Kindergarten Mentors In August, MNP Forest Kindergarten Mentors continued their professional development and deepened their commitment to nature-based learning by attending a five-day intensive Nature-Based Teacher Certification offered by ERAFANS in Chapel Hill, NC.  We came together with over 30 nature-based educators from all over the eastern U. S.—sharing best practices, questions, songs, challenges—while being mentored by